God apparently uses Face Time. It was via that iconic iPhone footage from an undisclosed location shown live on CNN Turk by a bewildered female anchor…

So what started as a gamble by David Cameron on an outlet for domestic British discontent, to be used as a lever to bargain with Brussels for a few more favors, has metastasized into an astonishing political earthquake

Washington has absolutely nothing to offer to nations across Asia, Africa and Latin America – to the whole Global South for that matter

Wall Street, US Big Oil and the proverbial “American interests” win this round at the circus

The Wall Street-centered global financial system – which rules over virtually the whole West – simply could not allow national sovereignty in full expression in a major regional actor such as Brazil

In a nutshell: “Justice” in Brazil is now totally politicized

The Lula game-changer is not about to turn the whole complex chessboard upside down; it will instead make it even more unpredictable

With or without Team Obama, the fact remains: no conquered – or at least balkanized – Syria, no Full Spectrum Dominance

Russia’s and Turkey’s objectives in fighting the Islamic State group are diametrically opposed

Silk Roads, Night Trains, and the Third Industrial Revolution in China